Crimea
'Scent of War' Spreads Across CIS
June 30, 2009By Paul Goble Nearly a year after the Russian Federation violated the longstanding assumption that no post-Soviet state would use military force against another, “the scent of war” is spreading across the Commonwealth of Independent States...
Crimean Tatars expose Russian sensitivity to its Soviet past
June 24, 2009By Taras Kuzio President Viktor Yushchenko has strongly condemned the 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars on many occasions and ordered the Security Service (SBU) to open a special investigative unit examining crimes against humanity committed by the...
Crimean Tatars Threaten to ‘Block Ukraine’s Path to Europe’
June 10, 2009By Paul Goble Declaring that Kyiv’s neglect of their rights leaves them no choice, a group of Crimean Tatar activists said this week that they will “block Ukraine’s path to the European Union” by providing information...
Ukraine: Putin tells West to stop interfering in "little Russia"
June 03, 2009By Yuri Zarakhovich On May 24 Russian Prime minister Vladimir Putin visited the Sretensk Monastery's cemetery in Moscow, laying flowers on the graves of the White Russian generals Anton Denikin and Vladimir Kappel; emigre nationalist philosopher and...
Moscow Gave Three Million Russian Passports in Post-Soviet States
March 05, 2009By Paul Goble Since 2000, Moscow has given out nearly three million Russian passports in post-Soviet states The Russian government has distributed 2.9 million Russian passports to residents of the post-Soviet states, an action some view as interference...
